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Say Something: “Red & White”

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Springfield circle-pit punk band Say Something recently dropped a hot new track that hopefully means there are more to come. The song is called “Red & White” and you can stream it on the player embedded below, or head over to the Say Something bandcamp page where you can download it at your own price. The song was recorded in South Town Studio, where the band also recorded more songs for an upcoming release that we will hopefully get to hear sometime in the near future.

Say Something do not currently have any shows lined up in Springfield.

 

Tonight at Black Sheep: Our Lady, Lume, Krelboyne, Hate Your Friends

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We have a show happening tonight!! It’s going to be a good one, and we are welcoming Our Lady back from SXSW, which they ended up making to because their GoFundMe campaign was a success! If you haven’t already, check out Our Lady’s new song right here. This time around Our Lady will be coming with a band called Lume from Chicago (not to be confused with Looming who will be playing Black Sheep next weekend on March 27th). Check out Lume’s music on the player streaming below. Also on this show is Champaign/Urbana emo rockers in Krelboyne. We also have another touring band on the bill and that is Hate Your Friends from Denton, Texas. We are excited to have them.

The show tonight starts at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at everything else coming up at Black Sheep in the next few months!

April 9th at Black Sheep: Wir Können, The American Jobs, TANG, Paqui

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Like we said earlier, the April show announcements are going to start rolling in pretty hard! Tonight we have an announcement for a show happening here on Saturday, April 9th. For this show we have local emo band Wir Können headlining the bill. The touring band on the bill is called The American Jobs. You can stream some of their music below, they come from Columbus, Ohio. Also on this show we have the avant-guard explosion noise band known as TANG. And opening things up we have a solo acoustic set of Paqui, who also plays in TANG. DANG.

This show is another 7:00 pm, $5 show. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at what else will be coming up at Black Sheep in the coming months.

SOHO Music Festival Lineup Announced For June 3rd and 4th + Black Sheep Stage

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It looks like downtown music festival SOHO have announced the lineup for SOHO 12 happening Friday and Saturday June 3rd and 4th in downtown Springfield. Last year was the festival’s first year having Black Sheep involved with our own side stage, and they are going to continue that on the second day of the festival again this year! Dumb Records will also likely have a booth set up just like last year. There are 62 bands total playing the festival, which is also only $5 for admission, which goes to various charities. The Black Sheep stage will have seven acts, and here is the schedule for that:

BLACK SHEEP SIDE STAGE
1:00-1:30 = The Locals (Springfield, IL)
2:30-3:00 = London has Fallen (Peoria, IL)
4:00-4:30 = Jayy Wills & SOHI (Springfield, IL)
5:30-6:00 = Wanna (Springfield, IL)
7:00-7:30 = Los Injectors (Springfield, IL)
8:30-9:00 = Red Letter Merchant (Springfield, IL)
10:00-10:30 = Wir Können (Springfield, IL)

For the full festival lineup including all of the bands playing all of the stages, head over to the SOHO facebook event. And as you all probably know the following weekend in Southtown is Dumb Fest 4, happening June 10th, 11th, and 12th this year.

The Studio Show Episode 7 Featuring SAP and Shatriya Smith

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Our friends and new hit Springfield TV Show, The Studio Show are already to their seventh episode being aired, which dropped online yesterday. This episode features familiar Black Sheep band SAP (pictured above) as well as local poet Shatriya Smith. You can check out the new episode which is close to 30 minutes in length on the player below, or head over here to watch it on Youtube. The episode also features plenty of silly clips and bits that you will love.

Check out more of The Studio Show’s episodes on the their Youtube page. The show has continued posting new episodes every other Wednesday since they started in January of this year.

April 3rd at Black Sheep: Leggy, Shark Week, Arc Flash, Nick Murphy

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What a neat flier for a neat show happening here at Black Sheep on Sunday, April 3rd. Fair warning: the April show announcement are going to start rolling in REAL hard. Prepare yourselves for possibly our busiest month we’ve ever had to date! This one features the band Leggy from Cincinnati, Ohio. You can stream some of their music on the player below. It also features the new Springfield all-femme groove band Shark Week. Also on the show is Arc Flash from Kansas, who will be on tour with the band Leggy. Opening things up we have a solo set by Nick Murphy of the bands Garter and Moondead.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for this one right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at everything else coming up in Southtown in the coming months.

F///\\\M: “I Love You Project”

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With F///\\\M playing a final show inside Dumb Records at 7:00 pm tonight, the solo project of Brandon Carnes has decided to record one final 3-song release, being called the I Love You Project. The second track of the three “I Love You” features audio clips of many different phone calls Brandon collected of different people saying “I love you.” You can stream the full EP below, or also head over to the F///\\\M bandcamp page to download the songs at your own price.

F///\\\M will be playing one final show inside Dumb Records tonight at 7:00 pm along with Gutterpriest. For those of you who do not know, Brandon is also planning on moving out of Springfield and to Pittsburg next month, which unfortunately means the end of South Town Studio. The show tonight is free so come out!

Tonight at Dumb Records / Black Sheep: F///\\\M, Gutterpriest + Game Night

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It seems like the curse of van breakdowns has been strong with touring bands coming to play at Black Sheep! Tonight we had a couple of touring bands scheduled to play at Dumb Records but unfortunately they had to drop the gig after being stuck and broke down in Kentucky. However, we will still be having the show inside Dumb Records with just the two locals acts- F///\\\M and Gutterpriest. This will probably be the last F///\\\M show, so be sure to catch it out! The solo project of Brandon Carnes also released a new 3-song EP on the internet last night, which you can find streaming below.

Game night will also still be happening tonight at 8:00 pm. Come out at 7:00 pm to catch a couple of bands at Dumb, and then mosey on over to Black Sheep for a game of Yahtzee! All of this is now free. Check out a facebook event for the Dumb Records show right here, and also a facebook event for game night right here. Also check out our shows page for a good look at what else is coming up in Southtown in the next few months.

March 27th at Black Sheep: Looming, Our Lady, Hodera, Dry Heave, Isaac Arms

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This show coming up in just twelve days at Black Sheep on Sunday, March 27th is going to be a huge one. It’s also happening on Easter day, how about that! Easter is not going to stop us from coming out to this one though, it is looking like it is the last Looming Springfield show for while, at least until August. The band is going through some changes due to members moving and while they will remain active, we might see less live shows at Black Sheep in the future. Also playing this show is Springfield heavy hitting band Our Lady, making an incredible lineup. We also have a few touring bands on the bill. The first of which is Hodera coming all the way from New Jersey. Stream some of their music on the player below. On a separate tour and coming from a different end of the punk scene we have Dry Heave– closing up their big spring break tour. They just recently put out a new tape on Springfield-based label Ooey Gooey. Opening things up we have a solo set by Isaac Arms from Champaign of the band Withershins.

This show will start at 7:00 pm and admission is $5. You can find a facebook event for the show right here. Also be sure to check out our shows page for a good look at what else is coming up as far as shows go around Southtown.

New Arrivals This Week at Dumb Records

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Dumb Records (located 1107 South Grand East Ave) has a lot in the works right now, including an in-store show tomorrow at 6:00 pm with Globsters and Elsinores from Kentucky, as well as the just-announced Larry Livermore coming there on March 24th. In addition to all of the exciting stuff going on there are also plenty of new arrivals pouring into the shop. Today we are bringing you a list of those for the week. We’ll take a look at the new LPs, 7″s, and cassettes in but first let’s take a look at the store’s operating hours:

Tuesday (today): noon – 8:00 pm
Wednesday (show): noon – 9:00 pm
Thursday: noon – 8:00 pm
Friday (show): noon – 9:00 pm
Saturday (show): noon – 9:00 pm
Sunday: noon – 8:00 pm
Monday: noon – 8:00 pm

Used LPs
Archive Production – The Works of John Sebatian Bach
Billy Ocean – Suddenly
Diana Ross And The Supremes – Great Songs And Performances
Donald Byrd – Black Byrd
Johnnie Taylor – A New Day
Johnny Taylor – Ever Ready
The Monkees – Greatest Hits
The O’ Jays – Family Reunion
The Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy – Finlandia
Rocky Curtiss and the Harmony Flames – The Big Ten
Ronnie Milsap – There’s No Gettin’ Over Me
The Supremes – Sing Country Western & Pop
The Supremes – New Ways But Love Stays
Various – 20/20: Twenty No. 1 Hits From Twenty Years Ago
Various – Film Spectacular
Xit – Silent Warrior

New LPs
Explosions In The Sky – Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place
The Cramps – Look Mom No Head!
Death Cab for Cutie – The Photo Album
The Doors – L.A. Woman
Foo Fighters – The Colour And The Shape
Hop Along – Get Disowned
Nine Inch Nails – The Slip

New 7”s
Beta Boys – Real Rockers
Freek Vibe – Cuss Gang b/w Jesus In The Kitchen
Urochromes – Urochromes

New Cassettes
DJ BO – DIY
Lysol – On The Corner